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PROJECT BAR-B-Q

Influencing Hardware & Software for Music on Computers Over the Next Five Years

SCHEDULE
October 15th-18th, 1998, Guadalupe River Ranch, Boerne, Texas

THURSDAY EVENING, October 15th:
Fiesta Welcome Reception and Dinner 6:30-8:30pm SPECIAL FEATURES:

Fat Man: Opening Speech
Tripath: Glen Burchers; "Amplification Breakthrough: Class T"
Lucas Arts: Michael Land; "Universal Translator for 3D"
3-D Listening Shootout: Creative, Aureal & Sensaura
Demos: Staccato Systems; Bob Starr, Harmonix Music Systems; Mark Miller DiamondWare: Keith Weiner, Hotz Co; James Grunke Rockwell/NemeSys: Tom Lau

8:30-?? EVENTS:

Gold Sponsor Miller Freeman & Gold Sponsor Yamaha, (XG Division) Hosts: Opening Fiesta Reception & Dinner

FRIDAY, October 16th:
8:00am Breakfast
9:00am Conference Begins: George
9:15am Microsoft: David Yackley; "Direct Music Authoring"
9:50am Apple: Jim Reekes; "MIDI Sounds Awful"
9:55am "3D point-counterpoint discussion" Major 3D Players Moderator: Conrad Maxwell Aureal; Scott Foster, Creative; Jean-Marc Jot, Sensaura; Peter Clare, Microsoft; Aaron Higgins, Cirrus; Marc Jordan

10:30am Break
10:45am MPath: Brian Moriarty; "Whispering Pines"
11:30am Group Roundtable
1:00pm Deciding the Issues/Dividing into Groups
2:00pm Lunch
3:30pm Groups Begin Group Breakout Sessions
7:00pm Group Breakout Session Ends
8:30pm Platinum Sponsor Cirrus Logic Hosts: BBQ Dinner, Acoustic Jam and Bonfire

SATURDAY, October 17th:
8:00am Breakfast
9:00am Tom White; "OK, What Are The Real Problems?"
9:15am "AMR: Major Surprise Technology"
9:45am Thomas Dolby Robertson; "Beatnik and New Horizons on the Net"
10:15am Break
10:30am Group Breakout Sessions Begin
12:30pm Working Lunch in Groups 1:30pm Continued Group Brainstorming Report/Recommendations
4:00pm Groups Gather to Present Results
5:30pm Formal Reports/Final Discussions Wrap-up and Evaluations
7:00pm Conference Ends
8:30pm Interact Accessories & Advent Powered Partners Host: Awards Ceremony & Steak Dinner

Project Bar-B-Q 1998
Hosted by The Fat Man
and Platinum Sponsor Cirrus Logic  

Cirrus Logic  

With Special Thanks To Our Gold Sponsors
Yamaha XG Division    Game Developers Conference
InterAct Multimedia Products    Advent/Powered Partners
Game Developer    Keyboard    Gamasutra

Yamaha XG Game Developer Conference
 
InterAct Advent Powered Partners
 

Game Developer Keyboard Gamasutra
 
 

And To Our Silver Sponsors
MMA    Euphonics    BMI    Avallone Media
 

MMA EuPhonics BMI

section 9

select a section:
1. Introduction  2. Speaker Summary  3. Executive Summary  
4. 3D API Group  5. M1D2 Group  6. Making Sense of Multi-Format Audio  
7. Consumer Reports Group  8. Rogue Group Report  9. Schedule and Sponsors